'Tiger mom, panda dad': a study of contemporary Chinese parenting profiles. Issue 2 (28th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Sha; Li, Hui
• Is Part Of: Early child development and care. Volume 189:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 284
• Page End: 300
• Publication Date: 2019-01-28
• Subjects: Parenting profile -- maternal parenting -- paternal parenting -- Chinese parenting -- co-parenting differences; Child development -- Periodicals; Children -- Services for -- Periodicals; 155.405
• DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1318870
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0300-4430

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to explore the inter-parental differences and the major clusters of Chinese parenting profile in a sample of preschoolers' fathers and mothers in urban China. Eighty-six Chinese couples in Shenzhen completed a parenting style questionnaire, and four couples were interviewed to provide additional illumination. A paired t -test was used to find inter-parental differences and cluster analysis was used to find major clusters of parenting profiles. Mothers were more authoritarian than fathers. Three major clusters of parenting profiles were found: easy-going parenting, followed by tiger parenting and supportive parenting. Inter-parental differences existed among these couples, and 'tiger moms' and 'panda dads' were common in these Chinese families.